CNN might be funnier than the late night comedy shows, albeit unintentionally. During CNN Newsroom’s Saturday pregame show ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, media analyst Sara Fischer claimed that freedom of the press has become increasingly politicized. Her first example was to claim that funding PBS and NPR is an “investment in the free press,” but that has now become “a political issue.”
Host Jessica Dean began the lamentations by declaring, “Everything is politicized these days. That's kind of the world we live in right now and it was no different. There was a comedian scheduled to perform tonight. Then they canceled that. Now it's the more, as you're noting, kind of somber tone.”
One could argue that the Correspondents’ Association originally inviting a comedian who called the administration a “bunch of murderers” politicized the event, but Dean continued,” They're going to be highlighting some of the recipients of the scholarships that the White House Correspondents' Association puts together. What do you think all of that means as well? Just kind of the politicization of it all and the back and forth that we saw just with the comedian.”
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